Catalogue of Organisms

We return once again to the fusulinoids, large, complex Foraminifera of the late Palaeozoic. For this post, I'm taking a look at the Rug...

The hard shell of many molluscs has left them with an excellent fossil record, one with few rivals among other groups of organisms. As a res...

As I'm sure I must have had cause to say before, the world of solitary bees is a spectacularly diverse. Literally tens of thousands of s...

In previous posts , I have introduced you to various representatives of the Pselaphinae, bizarre-looking little gorgon-headed beetles dwelli...

Mites may be the most ecologically diverse group of animals on the planet. It is something of a challenge to think of a habitat supporting c...

Shrews are one of the less appreciated groups of mammals. Small (some are among the smallest mammals on earth), skulking, they are often ove...

Longtime readers of this blog will know that my knowledge of plants has always been fairly rudimentary. As a young'un, I only ever learn...